India, France signed a mega deal of Rs 63,000 crore to buy 26 Rafale Marine aircraft. Bharat News
New Delhi: India and France signed a mega of Rs 63,000 crore to buy 26 on Monday Rafale Marine Aircraft For the Indian Navy. During the agreement, the Indian side was represented by Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, where Swaminathan of Navy Vice President Admiral was present.
The deal was approved by the PM Modi-led cabinet committee earlier this month, amidst increased tension between India and Pakistan. Jets will mainly operate indigenous aircraft carriers INS Vikrant’s deck.
The government-government contract for 22 single-sites Rafael-M jets and four twin-seat trainers includes some weapons, simulators, crew training and five-year performance-based logistics support.
The 26 Rafael-M fighters designed for sea strike, air defense and reconnaissance missions will be distributed in 37 to 65 months, including paying the initial 15% installment of the total cost of the deal to India.
An official told TOI, “The new IGA reflects an ink in the IAF deal. All 26 jets are to be distributed by 2031.”
Omni-Rol 4.5-generation Rafales, coincidentally, are also capable of giving nuclear weapons. In addition to the 70-km range AM39 anti-disciplines missiles, long distance accurate accurate accurate strikes such as Rafael-M Jets IAF variants will be armed with arms.
These include the range of more than 300 km ‘Scalp’ Air-to-Ground Cruise Missiles and Top-Paying Meteor Air-to-air missiles, which have a 120 to 150 km strike range to take on strike jets.
The American F/A-18 emerged as the forefront on the Super Hornet after comprehensive trials conducted by the Navy in Rafale-M 2022. The French fighter, in any case,, after incorporating 36 Rafles of IAF, made a major start on the normality of spars and maintenance.
Currently, the Navy has only 40 of the 45 MIG-29k jets, which are from Russia at a cost of $ 2 billion since 2009, to operate more than 40,000 tonnes of aircraft carriers, old Russian-origin in Vikramaditya and new indigenous Ins WiCent’s deck.
In addition, MIG-29ks have also been dogs for years by poor service and other problems. The indigenous twin-engine deck-based fighter (TEDBF) is likely to take at least a decade to operate with a decade, the Navy pushed to 26 Rafael-M jets as an interim measure.
